Daily Archive: Saturday, May 14, 2016

Articles published on Saturday, May 14, 2016

Pollard cameo not enough to save Mumbai

VISAKHAPATNAM, India,  CMC – West Indies Twenty20 star Kieron Pollard featured with another cameo for Mumbai Indians but their batting collapsed to hand Kings XI Punjab an uncomplicated seven-wicket win in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

Gayle leads RCB tributes to Cozier

BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies batsman Chris Gayle on Friday led tributes from Royal Challengers Bangalore to late international media icon, Tony Cozier, who passed away last Wednesday in his native Barbados.

GABF name Mohan head coach for CBC UI6 c/ships

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has selected former national players Lugard Mohan and Abdulla Hamid to serve as head coaches for the boys and girls’ U16 teams respectively for the upcoming Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championships in Guyana.

Changed hands

Hi Everyone,   It didn’t just happen but it is only now that I have come to fully understand how much arthritis has affected and changed the use of my mother’s hands in the kitchen.

Lara credits Cozier for Aussie series revival

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies master batsman, Brian Lara, has credited the late cricket media icon Tony Cozier, for helping to transform the fortunes of the beleaguered regional side, following the wretched 1998-99 tour of South Africa.

Top Hezbollah commander killed in Damascus blast

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Hezbollah’s top military commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in a blast at a base near Damascus airport, the Lebanese Shi’ite group said yesterday, one of the biggest blows to its leadership the Iranian-backed organisation has ever sustained.

Facebook’s bad news

Walk into a modern newsroom and you will likely notice something that was unimaginable just a few years ago: screens with real-time updates on “trending” stories from the outlet’s website.

Ssignal launches album of national songs

Ssignal Productions last month launched its album of national songs, ‘Songs of Guyana’s Children’ in the Conference Hall at the National Library, one of the three things that the production company wanted to do to commemorate Guyana’s 50th Anniversary.